The Visit of the Magi

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

The Preaching of John the Baptist

Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

And after He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.

And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been treated violently, and violent men take it by force.

for just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea monster for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

Four Thousand Men Fed

Now Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

The Transfiguration

Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and James, and his brother John, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

and you say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

But woe to those women who are pregnant, and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

And if those days had not been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

The Glorious Return

“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.”

and said, “This man stated, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’”

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

and they said, “Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, ‘After three days I am rising.’